Benign early repolarization on electrocardiogram

Aim: to find the frequency of benign early repolarization in st segment elevation with non-acute myocardial infarction. design: cross sectional descriptive study. setting: medical emergency of akhtar saeed trust hospital lahore from 1st may to 30th november 2014. methods: a total of 200 patients were included after taking brief history and clinical examination. ecg was done in the emergency ward and interpreted by the emergency doctor and medical specialist. cardiac enzyme was done if necessary to exclude acute myocardial infarction. result: benign early repolarization was found in 40 patients out of 200.65% male and 35% were female with 13 patients having age group 21-30 and 2 patients age group 61-70 years. conclusion: it was concluded that benign early repolarization is third important st segment elevation non-myocardial infarction cause on ecg in emergency ward.